Business leaders have taken some initiatives to reduce the impact they have on the natural environment. Here, EMILY FOLK examines how a company can make a difference in the office - and beyond.
ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and 44 of the world’s biggest producers of fossil fuel products stand accused knowingly contributing to dangerous climate change in the first legal case of its kind. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
Our situation may seem hopeless, but we have a rich inheritance of ideas and practices from which we can draw. Monarchies have been overthrown, dictators pulled down. We can take inspiration from past revolutions to build a new framework for the future.
Theresa May and her Conservative government has promised to phase out the burning of coal in the UK by 2025. This should be a cause of celebration for climate change campaigners. But the plans have three dangerous loopholes, which means activists must remain vigilant, argues ALMUTH ERNSTING
We are living through a period of profound political transformation, says JONATHAN BARTLEY, co-leader of the Green Party. He argues that the neoliberalism model is broken and that placing value on individual interest over the good of the many is not the political system people want
A combination of community resistance, phase out commitments by governments, cities and businesses, and rapid cost reductions in renewable energy has resulted in a huge slump in construction of new coal plants. CATHERINE EARLY reports
Britain now stands half way between the triggering of Article 50 and leaving the EU. Yet, we still cannot be clear what will happen to environmental regulations. We shouldn’t be demonising regulations that are there to protect our future as “red tape”. Part two of a three part series by BRENDAN MONTAGUE
Cambridge Analytica were behind the election of Donald Trump, and the UK's decision to leave the EU. A network analysis links the consultancy to a web of lobbyists pushing to hinder climate action.
The organisers of this year’s Colourfest promise a “calm and uplifting ambience” inspired by yoga for those looking to kick back, switch off and reconnect. But this festival will have no drink and drugs. CATHERINE HARTE looks at what’s on offer
Prime minister Theresa May said "we are not faced with a zero-sum choice between building the homes people need and protecting the open spaces we treasure". SHAUN SPIERS argues that too few homes have been built and too much countryside lost - and the government's proposed policy changes are unlikely to make a difference
Recent research undertaken by Ethical Consumer magazine shows that seven major online retailers are ignoring European Union law and not showing energy labels for all required products. JOSIE WEXLER and CLARE CARLILE investigate
We are told there is a choice between forest and food. But in reality it is industrial processes that are destroying sustainable farming and the ecosystem. KIRTANA CHANDRASEKARAN discusses a new report from Friends of the Earth International which suggests agroecology is an alternative that can respect people and planet
We are what we eat. Concerns about climate change, environmental stress and animal welfare mean that what we eat is an ethical as well as a health issue. LAURA BRIGGS meets two women promoting the new Wildevore diet, claiming it improves the health of the individual, and the world in which they live
Experts urge shooters to proceed with caution when shooting woodcock as the UK experiences more unseasonably cold weather. They say the birds need extra time to recover and reenergise in these challenging temperatures. CATHERINE HARTE reports
BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates how Brexiteers are seeking to redefine protected wildlife as a “scourge” to industry in part one of a new three-part series on EU environmental protections
